There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3blue1brown) [video]

Re:There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3bl... by johnnyanmac on Monday October 19, 2026 @03:44AM (#50149522)

A lot of people are upset that people are praising garbage and outright stolen output, and any attempt to disagree with this praise labels them as a luddite who will be behind on the times and is against progress.

Such a take on "people don't feel special" feels borderline bad-faith. People of science tend to be some of the most humble people as their knowledge to seek the truth constantly leaves them with more answers than questions. It's instead this borderline cult of people praising output that is understandable to them that seems to be the ones with the hubris to try and claim that thinkers will be obsolete.

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Re:There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3bl... by piloto_ciego on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @08:44PM (#50174677)

I used to be a paid professional scientist for a few years. I think your take is quite naive here.

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Re:There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3bl... by johnnyanmac on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @08:48PM (#50174711)

Negativity bias means We'll mostly remember the smug person who wanted to advance their careers and not their field, as opposed to the hundreds of well meaning people who want to do their work. And sadly that smug person tends to be on leadershi. I've seen that pattern in several different industries, at least from the US perspective. I

see no reason to find this field different.

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